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Prisoner of Colors

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And again I dare to experiment with vibrant colors :p

I have to admit the more I try the more I do really enjoy it. Sometimes in Photoshop I catch myself, when I fall back to old habbits and start to lightly desaturate the picture, but then I call myself on it and go back to work with those strong colors and bring them up even more.

I realized that the contrast of black and a bright strong color is even more interesting than just mute the colors afterwards. You can create really dramatic pictures by keeping them or even force them out a little more than you had them by snapping. As well you can do a lot with lights and projectors to let those colors pop more and create a certain ambiance with them.

Recently I tried to imagine a situation when I started to shoot to get more emotions into my pictures. I realized that if I do think about a certain moment or create a moment in my head before I start, the expression of the picture and becomes way stronger. The more I feel my picture, the better I can use face expressions as well. For quite some time, I only was looking for poses that showcased the outfits perfectly but sometimes the results looked nice but I felt nothing by looking at them. Maybe that sounds silly but for me that was a step forward with my own photography and blogging.

This time, I was imaging a space ship. The inspiration came from the movie ‘Pitch Black’, where Riddick was a prisoner on a space ship. So I was trying first on a broken space ship but that was not strong enough for that what I wanted to express. Then I remembered a backdrop I got from RAMA, that exactly did feature the colors I needed, and with the iron bars it perfectly did feature my basic ‘Riddick’ idea as well 🙂

What else could fit better to a futuristic, post apocalyptic vision better than the designs of A&Y Cybernetics… and since Anabel Crystal – owner and designer of A&Y Cybernetics –  did release such amazing designs lately on all kind of events , to me it felt like fate to style up something with those amazing creations.

With the amazing HUD it was so easy and cool to color some parts in a strong, deep orange and keep the basic outfit in black. I love how the material are done as they reflect the light so perfect, you really can ge the impression and vibe that I wanted for todays pictures.

With all the straps and buckles, the short and really well shaped top and legwarmers, the whole ensemble really got a super sexy touch, but as well a very strong attitude in my opinion. I do like that combination a lot 😉

With such a cool look I certainly needed hair, that goes with that style. I anyways be guilty for loving crazy things and therefor it was no wonder why I fell in love with the “Zeo Cyber” hair as well made by A&Y Cybernetics.

The best makeup I can imagine for such strong and unusual looks certainly had to come from Zibska. I adore the way how Zib Scaggs, owner and designer of Zibska, does her makeups. She created so many different ones already and does not stop to amaze me with new ideas. As well I love the variety of colors you can find for her makeups. Anyways if you look for something light or pastel or strong and deep hued – Zib does not let any desire unfulfilled. And if you think lipstick only can be a certain color variety, Zibska will prove you wrong, too. At Zibska you will find so many different way how you can ‘decorate’ your lips. Different shapes, special shades and unusual lights and shadows. You will find the matching makeup for all kind of styles from sweet casual to absolute avantgard or even futuristic creations.

Again I was surprised how cool vibrant colors can be without looking like comic or ‘overloaded’ and I guess I will try more colors soon 😉

Outfit & Accessories:

Top: A&Y Cybernetics – “Electra Cyber Top” (Maitreya)

Pants: Wicca’s Wardrobe – “Vixen Thong” (Maitreya, Bound Box October 2017)

Legs: A&Y Cybernetics – “Electra Cyber Lagwarmers” (Maitreya) – NEW @ XXX Event

Gloves: A&Y Cybernetics – “Electra Cyber Gloves” (Maitreya)

Shoes: [CX] – “Implant Revived-Hammered Iron” (Maitreya)

Hair & Makeup:

Hair & Hairbase: A&Y Cybernetics – “Zeo Cyber Hair” (Omega Applier Hairbase)

Makeup: Zibska – “Varia” (LeLutka Applier)

Lipstick: Zibska – “Nerissa” (LeLutka Applier)

Body and Tattoo:

Head: LeLutka – “Simone 3.0”

Body: Maitreya – “Lara 4.1”

Face: Izzie’s – “Pores & Blemishes” (LeLutka Applier)

Poses & Props:

Poses: Foxcity – “Surface Set” (Bento)

Backdrop: RAMA – “#selfie_RAMA Neon Grid#3”

Model & Photographer:

Wicca Merlin

Orange & Black – Warm & Vibrant!

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Today I was not sure what I wanted to do, except playing with the combination of a strong color and black. Since I did that often enough with red, I wanted to do something with a more vibrant color and as well bring in my spring mood into it. That was why I chose to go with a light orange that kinda dips into yellow – or I had too much honey in my tea lately :p

I wanted to use one of the pose props that I got during the last Exposeur sale. ” The Minimalist” had such awesome poses to it and it did give me the possibility to play some more with projectors as well since the ball to pose on is surrounded by a black box where projectors, shadows and lights will work amazing.

Recently I found out, that you can have more than one shadow if you work with different projectors that have different colored lights. If you hit the right angle and play with your windlight you can produce amazing effects. This time I was aiming for one darker and one lighter shadow.

When I started to look for some yellow/orange things in my inventory I stumbled across the “Honey” makeup and eyes from Queen of Ink and when I saw that… I just had to fool with it. That probably was the moment when I was sold to the orange/yellow part of the pictures :p

I more and more love my unplanned shoots as it is like playing roulette.. you never know what it will be and it is somehow a challenge to bring all the parts you have together if you do not think about everything before you start 😉 Maybe I should think about color or theme challenges for myself and have one each month… I do have to think about that, that could be fun!

For now I hope you liked my color and shadow play as much as I did 😉

Outfit & Accessories:

Outfit: [sYs] – “Anann” (Maitreya)

Shoes: Salt & Pepper – “Keisha” (Maitreya)

Gloves: Jian – “Sanderson’s Gloves”

Hair & Makeup:

Hair: Zibska – “Kiki” (color modified)

Makeup: Izzie’s – “Aegyo Sal” (LeLutka Applier)

Lipstick: Zibska – “Sorcha” (LeLutka Applier)

Tears: Queen of Ink – “Honey” (LeLutka Applier)

Body & Tattoo:

Head: LeLutka – “Simone 3.0”

Body: Maitreya – “Lara 4.1”

Face: Izzie’s – “Pores & Blemishes” (LeLutka Applier)

Eyebrows: Nanika – “Serena 2 Gold” (LeLutka Applier)

Eyes: Queen of Ink – “Honey – Gold Eyes” (LeLutka Applier)

Poses & Props:

{.:exposeur:.} – “The Minimalist” (color modified)

Model & Photographer:

Wicca Merlin

Wicca’s Wardrobe for the FIERA Spring Fashion Fair 2014 @ SAVIAD – Part 1

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Spring Flower Dress Vendor

Today I am very excited… The FIERA Spring Fashion Fair 2014 is the first event I was asked to be part as a designer!

I started making poses longer ago and lately I found fun in making shoes and clothing. I started with some black and white clothing and so the SAVIAD event really was a challenge for me. The request was to create something spring looking. I thought a long time anbout what I could do and did some research of the colors for spring 2014. In the end the result was 2 very different creations and the first one I would like to show you today.

The “Spring Flower” dress is a short, non symetric dress with amezing ruffles on the outside of the right leg, wich is a little longer than the left side. To underline the soft orange color I decided to add some orchids and Daisys in front of the dress. I started with the sash of flowers and while I was putting them together one by one the idea came to my mind to extend them even down the ruffles. When I saw the final result i wanted to add some more flowers round the head and so the idea of  a little hat was born 😉

Spring Flower Hat Vendor

To add some more flowers i decided to include 2 little daisys to the dress as earrings. When I took a final look over the dress with the hat, I could not resist to even make booties for it as I like to create whole looks where all works together. Sometimes I have trouble while styling to find the right color for the shoes and so the “Spring Flowers Booties” were born 🙂 . The “Spring Flower Booties” match the color of the dress and as well repeats the orchids and flowers I used for the dress sash and the head piece.

Spring Flower Booties Vendor

In the end I liked the dress so much that I wanted to make it in another color, so I decided to make a white version of the “Spring Flower” dress and the booties as well.

TAXI to Wicca’s Wardrobe @ SAVIAD: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/CSW%20Island/228/120/2812

Spring Dress & Booties white

Details

Dress: Wicca’s Wardrobe (incl. earrings)- “Spring Flower Dress” – NEW (SAVIAD)

Head Piece: Wicca’s Wardrobe – “Spring Flower Hat” – NEW (SAVIAD)

Shoes: Wicca’s Wardrobe – “Spring Flower Booties” – NEW (SAVIAD)

Poses: Wicca’s Wardrobe – “Elegant Clutch Set” – NEW (coming soon)

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

OMG!!! Journey made a dress named after me!!!

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God I nearly fainted as Herradura IMed me and gave me a folder with the new Prism outfit and I saw my name in the line… you can make a bet that I could not wait and imediately tried it on… the “Wicca” dress is a wonderful dress made of the mesh technique. It looks similar to the “Yoko” dress but it has a few tiny sweet differences. The little peekaboo at the top for example, that shows the cleavage so wonderful. The colors and patterns of the “Wicca” dress that I already saw are wild, crazy and colorful … crazy like I am :p

Journey.. it is a great pleasure to have aPrism dress named after me and I would like to thank you big time for that honor you have me with that dress and all it’s wonderful versions, patterns and colors 🙂 I am sure it willnot be my last post about the Prism “Wicca” dress  🙂

As far as I heared, the dress will be available from Saturday on at the Prism Mainstore 🙂

(Picture by Jezzixa Cazalet for Prism)

Details

Dress: Prism – “Wicca” /underwater – NEW (mesh)

Hair: Rawhouse – “Willow”

Piercings: [ni.ju] – “Monroe” & “Chain Chomp”

Nails: Love Soul – “”Square Orange”

Sneakers: Hoorenbeek – “All Star”

Jewelry: Ticky Tacky – “Cotton Candy”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Rookie” /clockwork

Poses: Ever Glow

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Wicca’s Wardrobe: LOTD 04/18/2012

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Top: PurpleMoon – “Julia Balloon Dress” /salmon – NEW (mesh)

Jewelry: PurpleMoon

Leggings: Maitreya – “Couture Leggings” /pearl – NEW (mesh)

Hair: Loovus Dzevavor – “Beach Bun” /blanc 1 – NEW

Clutch: Gizza – “Mesh Clutch Bags” /white (mesh)

Glasses: *OC* – “Golden Mask Sunglasses”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Rookie”

Poses: Corpus

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Angel Dessous – “Rusalka”

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Gown: Angel Dessous – “Rusalka” /night – NEW

Necklace: JCNY – “Leaving for Venus”

Earrings: JCNY – “NY@Night”

Hair: Urban Lutz – “April” – NEW

Boots: Oi – “Spider”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Rookie” /al orange – NEW

Eyeliner: Silken Moon – “Wicca”

Lashes: [glow] studio – “Bohemia”

Eyedecoration: [glow] studio – “Butterfly Magic”

Poses: Body Talking

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Neiva Kumasi Couture – “Melodie”

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Today I have the great honor to showcase one of the newest designs of NK Couture designed by Misha Flanagan. The brand is relativly new on the grid and definatly something to keep an eye on! For todayI am allwowed to show you the “Melodie” dress.

“Melodie” is a wonderful casual dress with amazing details I want you to take a closer look on. What really caught my attention is that the whole dress basically is made of the same texture and I never saw this made so interesting before! As well Misha included 2 different versions for the layer of shirt skirt as you can see on the olive version above. Once the lighter part ends with the belt and the other version goes down below the belt, the same option you have for the rust version as well 🙂

All the sweet and neat ruffles and attachments give the whole dress a very real look. The arm parts are decorated with wrist and shoulder prims and the cleavage is framed by anawesome ruffle as well. The bottom part of the skirt is made dreamy flexible. What took my eye as well is the cute ruffle attachment that surrounds the hips. Not usual and a very beautiful and nice idea! The black belt as well is part of the outfit and breaks the basic color in an amazing way. Ich you take a closer look at the buckle you again can see the eye for little lovlely details that Misha Flanagan has. With the olive version she made it as well in the next round of the Claim the Fame contest 🙂 WTG and congratz Misha!

If you want to see more of the the great designs of NK Couture, you can make your way to the NK Couture Mainstore and take a look by yourself!

Details

Dress: NK Couture – “Melodie” olive & rust

Skin: Glam Affair – “Castalia”

Jewelry: Finesmith Designs – “Desert Winds”

Nails: Finesmith Designs – “Painter”

Hat: PurpleMoon – part of the “Catherine” outfit

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Latest Release and Sneak Preview of Prism!!!

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Autumn is coming in big steps and Prism has a cute outfit for the beginning season. The last sunbeams peek through the clouds and the days are still not too cold. “Shiloh” is one of the latest releases of Prism and for this post I got in Umber…

A short and playful dress with so much great details! The top has a deep sexy neckline and sleeves that reach down to the elbow. There are prims attached on each side. This sweet little lace sleeves are perfect for the lead over to the non covered lower arms. The skirt is a very fluffy one that imagines 2 layers of the skirt. The ‘underskirt’ that peeks trough at the bottom seam in filigree black lines, and the ‘overskirt’ made of the great orange that looks very realistic with all the single moving prims that are connected together. The skirt itself is one prim to attach. The great belt, that breaks the orange, with its amazing silver buckle is an amazing accessory that is included to the outfit. The amazing leggings that show off the eye for the detail that Journey McLaglen gets in all ger creations. The leggings are transparent with an amazing black ornament of dots and lines that give a great highlight and underline the playful touch of this outfit. Also the sweet neck-band that’s knotted in the front is part of that outfit!

My second outfit from Prism is a very special one… It is the new release that will be in the store on wednesday… and I am allowed to give you a sweet sneak peek before 🙂

“Bellisima” is the name of the not yet released gown made by Journey McLagen, designer of Prism. This gown definitely turns heads if you wear it for a party or a very sophisticated event. the ‘black velvet’ version of this gown shows your elegant side per excellence! The tight top shows off your well-shaped waist and the bis skirt with the long back train moves after you dreamy flexible. The skirt becomes wider the more it goes down to the floor. The black is broken in the top with an amazing silver texture that has a fantastic shape over the chest…very sexy!!! the same silver looking texture you can find on the seams of the gloves. You will find not one plain texture on this incredible gown and you really can see the love for the detail of Journey McLaglen brings in all her creations. A totally highlight is the big stole… it underlines and features the very very elegant look of this gown and the shadows and light  are set so perfect that you really tempted just to grav the smooth velvet! “Bellisima” will be available in more than the black color… so mark down wednesday the 8th of september 2010 and make sure you find your way to the Prism Mainstore to get your favourite color!!!

Details

Outfit 1:

Dress: Prism – “Shiloh” /umber

Hair: Tukinowaguma – “Dari”

Skin: Baiastice – “Pulchra” /pale

Shoes: Baiastice – “Damasamba” /gold

Earrings: Ticky Tacky

Pose: Striking Poses (store not longer existing)

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Outfit 2:

Gown: Prism – “Bellisima” /black velvet (not yet released)

Skin: Baistice – “Pulchra” /pale

Hair: Baiastice – “Lucrezia” /black

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

You search for something new and fashionable? Try Gasqhe!!!

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(Outfit: Gasque – “ELO Orange Set”, Models: Arisia Ashmoot (l) & Wicca Merlin (r), Photographer: Wicca Merlin)

Lastly I found an amazing store with great high fashion clothing. Gasqhe. It is a very straight clothing line that features a lot of simple elegance. Straight lines and very good ideas of very stylish casual and elegant clothing. Some have a light avantgarde touch others are made for the fashionistas daily use. This orange dress was one of the 60L$ special events that Gasqhe was part of and I could not pass without getting it 😉

The dress is made very straight. The basic is the prim dress that has 2 amazing lines that cover the chest, go over the shoulders and hold the “skirt” in place. Matching orange leggings cover the long sexy legs.

The headpiece that contains the hair is also part of the whole outfit. For different hair colors you have different versions of the hat.

My next outfit is one of the elegant, avantgarde touched designs, that I was talking about before. “Magdalena” is a long dress that basically is made of attached prims for skirt and top. Layers under them make sure that you have no skin shining though.

The texture is not simply a black, plain one is kinda fabric that gives the whole outfit a realistic look.

The head-piece is also part of the outfit. It repeats the great texture of the dress and carries a pair of amazing brown, long and sharp horns.

With “Olga” we have a short dress that perfect fits the summer season in shape and color 🙂 For this dress also the huge prims make the dress. The dress itself shows very well the well.shaped figure of every fashionista. For the neckpart we have a huge modern collar that is kind of eye catcher.

My last Gasqhe outfit for today is matched of 2 single available parts …actually 3 if I add the glasses 😉 The “Bonnie Pants”, “Bonnie” jacket and the “Afternoon in Milan” glasses. This combination makes a very sexy casual and “everyday” outfit. The long pants are decorated with an amazing prim belt and 2 long aerial pant sleeves at the lower leg. The black jacket is an awesome contrast to the white pants. The jacket only has 2 tiny lines that go over the shoulders. The lower part of the jacket becomes wider and makes the very special look for this outfit.

To see what else Gasqhe has made your way to the Gasqhe Mainstore and see all the amazing, young and fresh designs!

Details

Outfit1: Gasqhe – “ELO Orange Set”

Outfit2: Gasqhe – “Magdalena”

Outfit3: Gasqhe – “Olga”

Outfit4:

Pants: Gasqhe – “Bonnie Pants”

Jacket: Gasqhe – “Bonnie”

Glasses:Gasqhe– “Afternoon at Milano”

All Poses by Body Talking

Model & Phonographer: Wicca Merlin

The spring comes to Exclusiva and it has a name ;) – “Sarah”

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The days get longer and warmer and we desire every little sunbeam that kisses your skin. Spring is coming  soon. For the first sunny days Exclusiva made the perfect dress – “Sarah”…

“Sarah” is a beautiful aerial dress that flatters round your body in a lovely way. The deep V-shaped neckline makes a beautiful cleavage and the 2 lines that hold the dress in the back of the neck meet each other in a stunning ribbon. The chest part is made with an awesome realistic looking texture that shows off many little folds. Round the waste a gorgeous white ornamented part breaks the basic color of the dress.

The dress has to skirt options. The first one is a light and aerial flexi one that caresses dreamy over your upper legs while you walk over the flowered meadow 🙂

The other skirt has a light balloon shape and it ends in a wonderful flowered seam. 2 rows of great roses make the perfect summer touch 🙂

“Sarah” is available in 9 fantastic colors at the Exclusiva Mainstore: aqua, blue, blue violet, green, lavender, melon, orange, pink and yellow.

Anyways for what event, a nice walk in the park, a sparkling cocktail party or even a lazy window shopping tour, with this amazing short spring dress you are always matching the scene 😉

Details

Dress: Exclusiva – “Sarah” /orange

Shoes: Stiletto Moody – “Bare Ingrid” /white

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin